Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-12-29
Ths Boys I.snuh.

Ionce stood bya farut-houss tahIa
while lunch was being thrown q.
gether for a boy of twelve or thirteon.
who was only waiting for that 70 =
OF to school. The ,pail was Iarras
enough to hold dinners for three A. or
four children. and whatever was puo
into it could not fail Of being iolfed
into fragments in the mile and : hall
journey 1t must take in the hands a
An energetic boy. ss
Two thick, irregular slices Of brown
bread were spread hastily with buttor,
placed together. and deposited In The
bottom. Then in went cold sausage.
left from the family breakfast, and s
huge cucumber pickle. A wedge u
dried-apple pie crowned the whole, The
cover was pushed on. and the boy,
who had stood by with look u dis
gust on his face, which he was too
well disciplined to put into work
picked up his pail and started Tor.
school, pausing Just outside the door
TO supplement- his rcpast with hAl1-ar
dozen half-ripe sweet apples
On the same table stood o basket a
delicious looking Bartlett pears, and
another OF snowy fresh eggs, but thno6
were for market, and the farmer waS
already harnessing to tako them there.
In tho pantry was q generous piece oe
cold roast beef. and in the cake cup
board was q store Of crisp seed cakes,
and delicate cup-cakes, not to mention
loaves Of pound and fruit cake, but
all these were for expected company.
What il they weree There were
plenty for the company and tile boy too.
II / had been preparing that boy'e
midday meal, I would first have found
. basket Of suitable size. y I hA3
bought one especially for the purpose.
A stout little basket would have With.
stood the boys banging - we'll % the
pail, and perhaps II Il had bean s
pretty basket with = lid. he would not
have banged It 20 much. Then Z
would haSe lined the bottom with
clean white paper, . fresh piece every
morning
would have cut tho brown hrsad
thinly and evenly, buttcred 1t az neatly
rs possible, inserted some of the cold
meat between the slices, and wrapped
them firrnly in some more of the Same
white paper. I wonld have boiled 1
couple OF those eggs, and tied up !
little paper of mingled salt and peppar
TO season them. I would have made
another little parcel of two or three
seed cakes, or cup-cake on two,
added one or two Of those lovely pears
and covered the whole with napkin,
il 1t were ohIy one made from tho end
of a wora-out tablecloth. In short i1
INV boy lhaastoF rasase -.is lianer -
=, 80, sAoaid find a bfs Uf his
mother owing Thoughts for him In the
bottom of the basket. ~ 80 AZ
Then ! would have enjoinrt th~ hoy
to shake the crumbs - yGE
fold up a,fu2oss<f5 y IapxiE s.sstly..
am " 4 ftiEnl lAerein, and bring then
t.se.y hohae axain. Too much Nrsher
co make about a boyp I anu ..nos caA-
tain of that Girls pick up Chr fElt..1e
graees q l.ts nat..,:;s, ~ ,sas Z, =
just as little child will often behave
better q whole afternoon for being
''dresscd up putting OF mischief and
noise with the gingham morning apron,
and putting on mildness and docility,
with the clean collar and freshly
polished shoes, 80 / think, ofteutimes,
the carefully put up lunch is more
daintily eaten, With more regard Tor
| the proprieties and amenities. And
that Is always something In the bring.
ing up of boys.--H Annette Hpole, =
Good housekeeping.